Carjackings, children armed with axes and machetes and teachers airlifted out for their own safety are not the kind of scenes witnessed in most Australian towns. But in the Aboriginal community of Aurukun, in Queensland's remote Cape York, they have become familiar of late says journalist Kathy Marks.

Friday, May 27, 2016

The topic of tomatoes - a staple of the Nigerian diet - is currently not a laughing matter outside the digital realm in Nigeria. A state of emergency has been declared in the tomato sector in Kaduna state, in the north of the country and farmers are said to have lost up to 80% of their tomato crop.

Deep in the heart of Hanoi, US President Barack Obama sat down for a $6 meal with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain on Tuesday. The chef, known for his love of adventurous street food, described the date in a series of tweetsand an Instagram post.

The Housing Development Board (HDB) launched 8,940 flats for sale on Tuesday (May 24) in its second Build-To-Order (BTO) and Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) exercise this year.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Board said the launch comprises over 3,000 BTO units and over 5,000 SBF units across 25 towns and estates.

This month's BTO exercise includes a wide range of flats, including 2-room Flexi to three-generation (3Gen) flats so as to meet the diverse housing needs of applicants.

For the BTO exercise, HDB will offer a total of 3,770 BTO flats across four projects in the non-mature towns of Bukit Panjang and Sembawang and another two projects in the mature towns of Ang Mo Kio and Bedok.

A Canadian teenager has outshone the experts after discovering a lost Mayan city. William Gadoury, from Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec, made the discovery by comparing star charts with satellite images. The new city, discovered in a Mexican jungle, is thought to be the fourth biggest Mayan city, and has been named 'Mouth of Fire' by the teenager.

"In general, signal theory says if you have a good way of proving something and a noisy way of proving something and you choose the noisy way chances are it's because you couldn't do the good way in the first place." ~ Gavin Andresen